Interannual variability in the baroclinic gyre structure of the western North Pacific from 1954-1974

In the western North Pacific from 0-35N 130-180E, the vertical and horizontal thermal structure of the baroclinic gyre systems in the region from 0-400 m depth has been mapped on a yearly basis from 1954-1974. From this measure of the baroclinic field of mass, the dynamic height (0/400 db) has been computed for each year, yielding geostrophic current indices of the major zonal currents...

Quasi-stationary banded structure in the mean zonal geostrophic current regimes of the western North Pacific

Two data sets are used to reveal the quasi-stationary nature of the banded current structure in the western North Pacific. The first consists of all hydrographic data taken in the region, archived at the Japanese Oceanographic Data Center (JODC)…